Engineering Student Reacts to Bad Engineering Advice

In this video, I react and correct some claims that Matt Tran from “Honest Careers”, formerly known as “ENGINEERED TRUTH” says about the engineering major. As an engineering student who’ll be graduating soon, I discuss my perspective of some of the things he says about studying engineering and working as an engineer. This is obviously not a hate video, but I just provide a realistic picture of what studying and working as an Engineer is like. Timestamps are as follows:

00:32 Video 1: Don’t Major in Engineering – Well Some Types of Engineering
06:19 Video 2: How I Got Fired from my 1st Engineering Internship
09:07 Video 3: Only 1 out of 10 Engineering Grads will work as an Engineer
12:43 Summary

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My name is Tamer Shaheen and I am a final year engineering student at the University of Waterloo. I like to make videos about university/college, engineering and personal development. Thank you so much for watching!!

[jawadnoor]

Moral: Every job is hard but you chose the hard that best works for you

[blaikong]

I like how you criticized his advice with reason and logic without attacking him and staying as objective/unbiased as possible, not putting down other career paths at the expense of engineering. Kudos to you.

[rulesofmoney]

The difference is that there is 35 million youtubers and less than 1% are successful, in comparison over 95% of engineers are employed.

[future_teknokrat]

Advice so bad his channel no longer exists

[TheNigerianStudentPodcast]

Keep it up man
We are ENGINEERS
You are really making a difference

[Eljefe]

Let me tell you, I had no internships, but ended up graduating with a 3.0+ gpa. The first year of applying to jobs I got a few calls but nothing serious. I took a break and flew out of the country, then after almost a year I applied and got many calls for entry level jobs in engineering, management, etc. starting at 60-70k, plus No experience. Currently working as a plant engineer, focusing on manufacturing and managing.

don't be afraid to apply to jobs, your degree shows skills that you might not even know about and your future could not necessarily be for you to be a mechanical engineer but that Degree will definitely put you in the path on high end jobs.

now I understand why Engineering degrees are in high demand.

I'm the first generation to graduate in my family.

Keep grinding guys. Focus on the big picture, don't let anyone discourage you and let life do his thing. 😎💪

[rickyaclickpowr]

So basically what Matt is saying is he was not ready for a real world job, where he had to be at work at a certain time like all his co workers, and because he has no work ethics he should have been given some sort of privilege and let him do what he wants because reasons? lazy bum wants to be given money for nothing. In his original video he talks about how he partied while receiving unemployment and it is what he wanted to do the whole time😆 that’s a man child.

[Casf]

I think a better approach for him would have been to make a video like “Why Engineering isn’t for everyone” rather than “Don’t Major in Engineering” and then explain what he didn’t like about engineering. He just used one bad experience to make it seem like the entire field and industry was bad.

[thejomarifernandez]

What happened to him occurred to me as well. I was fired for the first time from my 2nd internship because of bad work ethic. It took me 2 years to move on from that experience. Worst part of my life was when the dean of civil engineering told me in person that I'm getting kicked out from the program because of many dropped courses. Again, bad work ethic! It also took me a few months to figure out what it is that I wanted to do so I worked in fast food jobs. Then I realized, "maybe the reason why I kept giving up in CE is because I'm more into other fields of engineering."

See, the difference between me and him is that I didn't give up. I'm slowly changing. I'm pursuing a major in mechanical engineering not only because of the money I can or will make for working 40 hrs a week, but also because I like the job that I have. Best part is that I'm contributing to the creation of something. :) Also, I agree with you especially on the part about talking to the managers if we don't like what we're doing.

In addition, I was also afraid that I wouldn't get a job in engineering earlier in my college years. To my surprise, I got my first one year internship in my 2nd year in college. You never know what happens. Keep doing your best future engineers! I'll do the same.

[Didimirsa]

That tattoo was definitely really cringe. I feel sad that there's people like him putting people down just because he was miserable, probably uncapable of. Everyone is definitely capable, it depends on your approach on life, on your attitude. You have to work hard for everything in life, not just engineering, and engineering is definitely a very fulfilling area to work in. He probably wants everything easy and ready and give low to 0 effort. That's the kind of people I disrespect

[sedled]

"Thinking as a Engineer" is a super power. I can literlly conquer any field in months.

[grizzsimbol]

As a fellow mechanical engineer, I can say you definitely have a mechanical engineer mindset rather than the other guy, especially on how you handle data/facts. He suffers from confirmation bias. He didn't seem to learn much from engineering school. Thanks for video. This should help future engineers or scientists pursuing this field.

[chasiuu]

This guy gives all the Matt Trans in the world a bad rep. Aka me. I'm also an Engineer.

[introvertedengineer]

I'm a freshman ME major and having a blast! I've loved all your YouTube videos and TikToks. You've been helpful and offer a lot of encouragement. Could you talk about an engineering portfolio/CV in a future video? Thanks for all you do!

[alexacosta]

In another video, you stated certain students enrolled in engineering aren’t necessarily passionate about engineering, but rather were just good at math and science in highschool. This guy seems to be one of those people. When you have a genuine interest in how things work/the function of the things we use everyday, nothing can stop you from making it as an engineer.

[arvind]

I'm from India and this kinda people push you to opt coding and IT job, even if r from mechanical, civil or electrical really appreciate your video 🙌

[YourUncle]

Another option: work your butt off in engineering for a few years (40hrs/week)
While you build your "side hustle" and resume (30hrs/wk). Then you have financial stability, experience to fall back on, and the money to invest into that side work

[jakoblindelof]

I agree a lot with Matt Tran here. The thing is the engineering market is very saturated today. If you want to study engineering thats fine. But only do it if you really like it. So if you like the idea of space, cars, etc then sure. But in my case I only studied mechanical engineering because I was promised plenty of jobs.

This was not the case however, the market was very saturated and so I should have chosen something easier. But if you actually like engineering and you also have talent for it, then by all means go for it.

[evanbrorby]

As an optical engineering major, I just wanted to say I love your videos! You remind me why I got into engineering and it really helps me be able to look at the broader picture when getting into the field. But my god thank you for correcting his poor researching skills lol

[willloman]

You’re one of the good ones. Keep up the smart work.